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These systems are capable of bond activation and ligand rearrangement\u2014processes once thought to be exclusive to transition metals. Here, we show that reaction of B\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    Cat\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    (Cat = benzene\u20101,2\u2010diolate) with mesityllithium (MesLi; Mes = 2,4,6\u2010trimethylphenyl) affords an unusual 1,2\u2010disubstituted diborane(4), Mes\u2013B(\u03bc\u2010Cat)\u2013B\u2013Mes. Structural, spectroscopic, and computational data indicate that the catecholate co\u2010ligand favors formation of the 1,2\u2010isomer. Subsequent reaction with alcohols (ROH) cleaves the B\u2500B bond in this compound to form CatBMes and MesB(OR)\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    via B(II) \u2192 B(III) oxidation, releasing H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    . These results expand the reactive landscape of\n                    <jats:italic>O,O<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2010chelating diborane(4) systems, establish an entry into 1,2\u2010diborane(4) frameworks, and demonstrate that their distinct reactivity toward alcohols can be exploited to differentiate the chemistry of 1,1\u2010 and 1,2\u2010diborane(4) isomers.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1002\/chem.71832","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,23]],"date-time":"2026-10-23T03:26:57Z","timestamp":1792726017000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Selective Formation of a 1,2\u2010Diborane(4) and Alcohol\u2010Driven B\u2500B Bond Cleavage to Generate H\n                    <sub>2<\/sub>"],"prefix":"10.1002","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-9710-7573","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rayni P.","family":"Noriega","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry Western University  London Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9461-5182","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"David J.","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry University of Strathclyde  Glasgow UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2186-1040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marcus W.","family":"Drover","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemistry Western University  London Ontario Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"9091","DOI":"10.1021\/acs.chemrev.6b00193","article-title":"Diboron(4) Compounds: From Structural Curiosity to Synthetic Workhorse","volume":"116","author":"Neeve E. 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